Ty
Simpson.
Ty
Simpson.
Alabama· 6'1"· 211 lb
"A 6'1", 211-pound Alabama quarterback with a one-year breakout in 2025 and 30 7/8" arms — a top-15 rhythm-passer projection where processing and timing accuracy sold him over prototype size."Pre-draft read
This full-field rhythm passer operates from a compact base, consistently staying within the top half of the pocket. He reads pre-snap coverage rotations, works through progressions, and delivers quickly on hitches, digs, and comebacks with a repeatable, compact release. He manipulates safeties with his eyes on play-action, driving the ball with anticipation over the middle.
His escape lane is subtle, characterized by climbing, resetting, and locating the checkdown. Ball placement can waver under duress when interior pressure collapses the front, and deep-out throws to the far numbers may flutter if his platform is compromised. His primary separator is third-down decision-speed, but a limitation is his ceiling as an off-platform playmaker outside of the offensive structure.
Los Angeles Rams' vertical passing game under Sean McVay frequently uses play-action and half-field reads, which would protect a quarterback who operates with rhythm and timing from the pocket.
Immediate backup QB who can grow into a starting role by Year 2-3 in a system that emphasizes quick decisions and throws in structure.
An Air Raid or purely improvisational spread system that demands constant off-script playmaking and deep-ball velocity as a primary weapon.
Simpson's natural rhythm and processing align well with a play-action focused scheme, but his physical limitations in arm length and deep-ball velocity could cap his ceiling in systems requiring extensive off-platform throws.
Alabama QB Ty Simpson 2025 Highlights
Full-season reel — anticipation throws to Ryan Williams and Isaiah Horton, red-zone rhythm.
Ty Simpson Alabama Highlights | 2025 Top Plays
Third-down conversions and pocket mobility across the SEC schedule.
30 Minutes of Ty Simpson Highlights | 2025 Alabama QB
Extended cutup showing pocket climbs, resets and layered middle-of-field throws.
Ty Simpson projected as a rhythm passer with strong processing ability, intended for a system built around timing and play-action concepts. Teams sought his ability to diagnose coverage and deliver the ball on schedule, mitigating concerns about his arm length. His high-end football IQ and decision-making on third downs were key selling points for evaluators.
After sitting for three seasons, Simpson’s 2025 redshirt junior year at Alabama showcased his potential, leading the SEC in efficiency with over 30 touchdown passes and earning a Heisman finalist invitation. This lone season of extensive starting experience against Power Five competition highlighted both his strengths and areas for development, particularly regarding deep-ball velocity against layered coverage.
Evaluators were split on his ceiling as a franchise quarterback, balancing his accuracy and processing with physical caveats like 30 7/8 inch arms and questionable deep-ball velocity. The consensus saw him as the second-best quarterback in the class. He was ultimately drafted 13th overall to a rhythm/play-action system, where the expectation was that scheme insulation would protect his timing-based output more than his raw tools.
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Pre-snap processor
Diagnoses coverage rotations and hot-blitz looks quickly, getting the offense into appropriate protection calls against SEC pressure packages.
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Rhythm and timing accuracy
Delivers the ball on schedule on hitches, comebacks, and dig routes, allowing receivers to catch in stride on intermediate throws.
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Anticipatory middle-of-field
Drives seams and skinny posts with precise placement before safeties break, utilizing eye manipulation to move defenders off targets.
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Pocket climb and reset
Feels interior pressure and slides forward, maintaining his platform and progression while extending plays against interior twists.
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Third-down decision-making
Consistently chooses checkdowns or throwaways over low-percentage hero balls; his 2025 turnover-worthy-play rate was a top mark.
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Short-armed frame
His 30 7/8" arm length contributes to a higher batted-ball rate at the line of scrimmage, especially on tight-window throws over interior rushers.
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One-year starter sample
Teams based career projections primarily on his 2025 season against a schedule where Alabama often provided clean pockets.
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Deep-ball velocity
Out-breaking routes to the far numbers lose zip if he cannot fully step through the throw, and layered post-corner throws hang when squeezed.
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Off-platform creation
Rarely improvises outside structure, defaulting to checkdowns or taking sacks when the pocket fully collapses rather than extending plays.
| Yr | Team | G | Cmp | Att | Yds | TD | Int |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Alabama | 4 | 4 | 5 | 35 | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | Alabama | 6 | 11 | 20 | 179 | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Alabama | 6 | 14 | 25 | 167 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | Alabama | 13 | 305 | 473 | 3567 | 28 | 5 |
| Career | — | 29 | 334 | 523 | 3948 | 28 | 5 |
A dash means the figure is not published by a source we trust — never a zero we invented.
- Germie BernardWR10%
- Keelon RussellQB9%
- Ryan WilliamsWR8%
#1 of 20 tracked contributors · Production leaned on volume · Offense explosiveness 1.27 (p65) · CFBD — usage x PPA per tracked player
One-year breakout QB whose selling point was decision-speed and clean-pocket accuracy rather than tools; both were bet on to grow into starters inside a defined system, not to carry a bad roster.
Sub-elite frame and arm length, wins with processing and timing accuracy inside a rhythm scheme — Simpson''s realistic best case is a plus-armed Purdy who leans on McVay concepts the way Purdy leans on Shanahan''s.
Short-armed rhythm passer who needed scheme protection to survive; when the pocket broke and the deep ball had to carry the offense, the physical flags exposed the profile.
Everything above is the pre-draft evaluation. This section is what actually happened — updated year over year.
Pre-draft context. Ty Simpson was the No. 2-ranked pro-style quarterback in the 2022 recruiting class, an Elite 11 MVP out of Martin, Tennessee who chose Alabama over Clemson and then spent three seasons on the bench behind Bryce Young, Jalen Milroe and a Saban-to-DeBoer coaching change. His 2025 redshirt junior year delivered the payoff: SEC-leading passer efficiency, 30-plus touchdown passes, a late fourth-quarter drive in Athens to beat Georgia, and a Heisman finalist invitation. Combine week in Indianapolis clarified both his ceiling and the physical flags. He threw well in the on-field session and won reviews for footwork and touch from Daniel Jeremiah and the NFL Network booth, but the measurements landed on the small side of the position — 6'1", 211 pounds with 30 7/8" arms and 9 3/8" hands — and he opted out of the 40 and every measured drill, saving athletic testing for Alabama's pro day.
NFL fit — Los Angeles Rams. Los Angeles took Simpson at pick 13 as the developmental successor to the incumbent veteran quarterback, whose contract mechanics gave the Rams a defined runway to redshirt the rookie for one year behind the veteran before the offense turns over. Los Angeles' play-action system is a natural landing spot: rhythm concepts off play-action, defined progressions, receivers who separate on schedule, and a coordinator infrastructure that consistently makes quarterbacks look better than their raw traits by insulating the throw with timing and route spacing. Simpson signed his fully guaranteed four-year rookie deal in May and reported to training camp as the No. 2 on the depth chart with a clearly defined 2026 mandate: run the scout team, install the McVay lexicon, and study the way Stafford manipulates disguised safety rotations.
Retrospective. Too early to grade. Simpson has not taken a meaningful regular-season NFL snap through July 2026, and the rookie summer reviews out of camp — quietly positive on ball placement and command in the huddle — are exactly the reviews every scheme-fit quarterback gets before the real question shows up. That question is whether the arm length and off-platform ceiling hold up when the Rams' offensive line eventually thins and the pocket stops being pristine. The board bet here is on scheme fit and decision-speed outrunning the physical flags; the counter-bet is that the same traits look like a career backup once real Sunday pressure arrives. Fair grade after the 2027 season.